While giving directions to subjects may be possible when taking portraits of adults, it can be near-impossible to do the same when it comes to taking pictures of children. To get that perfect image, the photographer has to be one step ahead, using his ...

Acclaimed Siberian director Alexander Sokurov, will be the subject of a two-week film festival between July 23 -Aug. 5. The Cannes Film Festival regular is one of Russia’s greatest directorial exports, responsible for such celebrated films as “Mother and Son” (1997) and “Moloch” (1999). ...

During the 1950s a group of Japanese architects formed the Metabolism movement, which sought to revolutionize the way buildings are designed in relation to expanding cities. This exhibition provides a 21st-century perspective on the movement, with a focus on half-size models from architects such ...

National Museum of Modern Art Closes July 31 This exhibition is named after Jack Kerouac’s famed Beat Generation novel “On the Road,” the story of a young man who travels cross-country on highways and byways in search of that elusive “American dream.” The 1957 ...

Since 1967, Slovakia has hosted the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB), the world’s largest and most prestigious awards event for children’s book illustrators. Nominees are selected by an international jury, and the awards have showcased some of the best illustrations from all over the ...

A monk in Vietnam calmly sets himself ablaze as a protest in 1963. A man stands defiantly in front of a tank during China’s Tiananmen Square incident in 1989. Both these images have stuck in our collective minds and have won the World Press ...

A visually impressive exhibition, “The Body Beautiful in Ancient Greece” explores the human form through a selection of Greek sculpture from the British Museum, which houses one of the most extensive collections of such sculpture in the world. Greek artists experimented with sculpture for ...

The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Special Exhibition Closes Oct. 2 Tokyo Sky Tree has piqued the interest of the public, particularly those in the Asakusa area, where the giant construction has stopped many a passerby to stare, take photos and ...

For “Life of Imitation,” Berlin-based Singaporean artist Ming Wong’s video installations reinterpret famous movies. Taking on some roles himself and re-casting others with actors and actresses of different nationalities, he mimics scenes from classic films such as Wong Kar Wai’s “In the Mood for ...

With a clutch of Japanese and international pop artists at their disposal, the MTV Video Music Awards Japan have organized an after-party-turned-flea market to “end all flea markets.” The Flea Market for Tohoku is a chance for fans to see their favorite artists perform, ...